Georgia News

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has released more information about a Sunday-morning shooting involving a Habersham County deputy that resulted in the death of an armed suspect, identifying that White County man.

Georgia has become a Southern dumping destination for solid wastes including coal ash, and more is on the way, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Planners with the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO) are moving ahead with funding for a trail connection study for a trail winding its way through Buford, Flowery Branch and Oakwood as part of the larger Highlands to the Islands trail system.

Suwanee city council is considering the approval of four housing developments, though three of them likely will not get a final vote at the next council voting session.

NASA has issued a warning about the special glasses and viewers that are being sold for viewing the August 21 solar eclipse.

Sugar Hill City Council is considering the approval of a developer's plans to bring a mixed-use development — combining commercial and residential properties — to the city's downtown area.

Four projects, including the widening of I-985 between the I-85 interchange and Mundy Mill Road, have been added to the long-range plans of the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO).

A woman is dead and, at last report, a suspect remained on the loose following a Monday afternoon stabbing in Suwanee, police said.

State and local emergency personnel tried valiantly to save a man who went underwater while on an outing in Tallulah Gorge Sunday afternoon.

Gwinnett commissioners are considering using eminent domain — where a government takes over private property in exchange for fair market compensation — to potentially build a park in Lawrenceville.